Sunday, 31 July 2016

SBI PO Mains: The Analysis

Dear Friends,

Finally it came to stop with Mains exam getting over. Again the filtering process will allow the cream to go to the next phase and many more will return disappointed. Whatever be the result, but it would have been an EXPERIENCE that may have taught you a lot. Now coming straight to the point, let us discuss each and every aspect of SBI PO Mains 2016.

Section

Level

Good Attempts

General/Financial Awareness

Easy

27-30

English Language

Difficult

16-20

Data Analysis and Interpretation

Difficult

19-21

Reasoning Ability and Computer Aptitude

Moderate-Difficult

26-28

Overall

Difficult

96-100

If we talk about the over-all difficulty level of the examination, then we can say that it was really a Difficult and Out of The Box paper. In fact students were not able to define what were the questions asked. And the most surprising factor we have seen in the exam was Different Weightage for Different Question. This is a new strategy adopted by recruiters to urge the students to attempt more number of difficult question. Let us look at the individual sections below:

Quant:

This section was difficult for students. The questions were tough and time taking. Below is the table depicting the exact analysis of this section.

Topic

No of Questions

Level

Data Interpretation

(Bar, Pie, Line graph, Missing)

19

Difficult

Caselet(2 sets)

6

Difficulty

Data Sufficiency

5

Moderate-Difficulty

Arithmetic

5

Total

35

Difficult

Reasoning:

Unlike SBI PO Pre, Puzzles were less and other sections were also given importance. And the overall difficult was Moderate-Difficult, which simply means that accuracy will play an important role. SBI repeated the legacy of PO Pre with Zero Questions From Computer Sections. Below is the table depicting the exact analysis of this section.

Topic

No of Questions

Level

Puzzle

(Linear Arrangement=Blood Relation, Employee+City, One
More)

15

Difficult

Data Sufficiency

5

Difficult

Coding-Decoding/Inequalities

5

Difficult

Logical Reasoning

10

Difficult

Input-Output

5

Mod

Conditional Statements

5

Difficult

Total

45

Moderate-Difficult

English Language:

With two Reading Comprehension, and no cloze test, this section remained a mystery as new types of questions have been asked. Instead of word fillers, they asked Statement Fillers. Antonyms and Synonyms have been asked separately. In fact a new set of questions have been introduced which asked what would be the next statement after the passage and 3 options were given. The below tables describes the exact analysis.

Topic

No of Questions

Level

Reading Comprehension

(Brain Drain in China,

African Banks)

10

Moderate-Difficult

Irrelevant Statements

(Odd One Out)

5

Difficult

Antonyms/Synonyms

5

Easy-Moderate

Single Fillers

(Statement Fillers)

5

Moderate

Statements Connection

5

Difficult

Relevant Statements

(Which one would fit after the passage)

5

Difficult

Total

35

Difficult

General Language:

At least SBI did not experiment with this and kept it simple. The questions were quite conventional and Current Affairs again dominated the section. With lesser number of Static Question, this time SBI again emphasised on Current Questions. Banking awareness questions were also asked.

Descriptive:a) Letter as a principal to the student's parents regarding their responsibility towards their wards.b) Letter to the parents and telling them the challenges you facing and how you overcamec) Letter to editor.a) Importance of knowing history for a citizenb) Effect of Salary Increase on Economyc) Effect of The New Game Pokemon GO.

Disclaimer: All the information stated above are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by Bankersadda. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.